Section 5(5) in Continuing Dental Education Regulations, 2018
5.2While the Dentist population ratio has been steadily improving due to the exponential growth of Dental Institutions of higher learning, the rapid pace of technological and scientific advances, the looming threat of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and risks of cross contamination in the dental clinic clearly mandate a system of continuing dental education to keep the Dental practitioner aware in terms of current knowledge & skills, thereby enhancing standards of care as well as projecting the Indian Dental Education and health care system onto a global model.
